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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Pīg'no-rā'tion, n. p. 986The act of pledging or pawning. 2. (Civil Law.) The taking of cattle doing damage, by way of pledge, till satisfaction is made. Burrill.Pĭg'no-ra-tive, a. p. 986Pledging; pawning.Pig'-nut, n. p. 986(Bot.) (a.) A plant, and its root, of the genus Bunium: earth-nut. (b.) A species of hickory (Carya glabra), and its fruit.Pigs'ney, n. p. 986[Corrupted from pig's eye. [Written also pigsnie.] A little eye;—a word of endearment to a girl. [Rare.] Hudibras.Pig'-sty, n. p. 986A sty or pen for pigs.Pig'tāil, n. p. 986The tail of a pig. 2. The hair of the head tied in the form of a pig's tail; a cue. 3. A roll of twisted tobacco, having a peculiar color and flavor; tobacco converted, by a kind of spinning process…Pig'-weed, n. p. 986(Bot.) An annual weed; goosefoot.Pig'wid'geon, n. p. 986A fairy. 2. Any thing very small. [Colloq. and vulgar.]Pike, n. p. 986(Mil.) A weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a flat-pointed steel head; a spear; —now superseded by the bayonet. 2. A pointed spear head or spike in the center of a buckler, “And…Pik'ed, a. p. 986Furnished with a pike; ending in a point; acuminated. “With their piked targets bearing them down.” Milton.Pike'-de-vänt', n. p. 986The beard cut so as to form a peak or point in front of the chin. [Obs.] Some two or three years before his death he nourished a sharp and short pike-devant on his chin. Fynes Morison.Pike'let or Pike'lin, n. p. 986A light cake or muffin. [Prov. Eng.]Pike'man, n. p. 986A soldier armed with a pike. Knolles.Pike'stâff, n. p. 986The staff or shaft of a pike. 2. A staff having a sharp metal spike at the bottom, to guard against slipping. W. Scott.Pik'ro-lite, n. p. 986(Min.) A variety of serpentine. See PICROLITE.Pi'lage, n. p. 986The natural coat of hair on animals. Bacon.Pi-läs’ter, n. p. 986(Arch.) A square column, sometimes insulated, but usually set within a wall, and projecting only a fourth or fifth of its diameter. The bases, capitals, and entablatures of pilasters have the same…Pī-läs'tered, a. p. 986Furnished with pilasters.Pi-lgu', n. p. 986See PILLAU.Pilch, n. p. 986A furred gown or case; something lined with fur. [Obs.]Pil'chard, n. p. 986(Ichth.) A fish of the genus Clupea, resembling the herring, but thicker and rounder, having the under jaw shorter, the back more elevated, and the belly not so sharp. These fishes are caught on the…Pilch'er, n. p. 986Any thing lined with fur, as a gown. 2. A fish. See PILCHARD.Pil'crōw, n. p. 986(Print.) A mark thus [¶], indicating a paragraph. [Obs.] Tusser.Pile, n. p. 986A mass or collection of things in a roundish or elevated form; a heap; as, a pile of stones, of bricks, of wood, or timber. 2. A mass regularly formed by rows or layers; a mass designed for a special…Pīle, n. p. 987A large stake or piece of timber, pointed and driven into the earth, as at the bottom of a river, or in a harbor where the ground is soft, for the support of a building or other superstructure. 2.…Pīle, n. p. 987The head of an arrow. [Obs.] Even till the pile did rest Upon the bosom of the bow. Chapman.Pīle, n. p. 987A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; hence, also, the nap; the fine hairy substance of the surface of cloth, carpeting, velvet, &c.Pīle, v. t. p. 987To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; as, to pile wood or stones; to bring into an aggregate; to accumulate; as, to pile quotations or comments. “The labor of an…Pī'le-ate or Pī'le-ā/ted, a. p. 987(Bot.) Having the form of a cap or cover for the head.Piled, a. p. 987Heated anew; as, piled iron.Pile'-driv'er or Pile'-en'gine, n. p. 987An engine for driving down piles, consisting usually of a high frame, with suitable apparatus for raising to a height, by animal or steam power, a heavy mass of iron, which is dropped upon the pile.Pile'ment, n. p. 987An accumulation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Pī-lēn'tum, n. p. 987A light vehicle which is in form a combination of a cab and carriage. Simmonds.Pil'e-ŏp'sis, n. p. 987(Conch.) A genus of mollusks having an irregular conical shell.Pī'le-ōus, a. p. 987Pertaining to, consisting of, or covered with, hair; hairy; pilose.Pile'-plānk, n. p. 987One of a number of planks, usually about nine inches wide and from two to four inches thick, sharpened and driven into the ground, like piles, with the edges together.Pil'er, n. p. 987One who piles, or forms a heap.Piles, n. pl. p. 987(Med.) The hemorrhoids, a disease consisting of tumors formed by the dilatation of the blood-vessels about the verge of the anus. ☞— They are called bleeding-piles when there is a discharge of blood…Pi-lē'tus, n. p. 987A kind of arrow formerly used, having a knob upon the shaft, near the head, to prevent it from penetrating the object aimed at too deeply.Pī'le-ŭs, n. p. 987(Antiq.) A kind of cap worn by the Romans, and fitting close to the head. 2. (Bot.) The expanded disk of many of the fungi.Pile'-worm, n. p. 987A worm found in piles, or imbedded stakes.Pīle'wort, n. p. 987(Bot.) A plant (Ranunculus ficaria of Linnæus) whose tuberous roots have been used in poultices as a specific for the piles. Forsyth.Pĭl'fer, v. i. p. 987To steal in small quantities; to practice petty theft; as, a boy accustomed to pilfer. “A pilfering hand.” Dryden.Pĭl'fer, v. t. p. 987To steal or gain by petty theft; to filch. He would not pilfer the victory, and the defeat was easy. Bacon.Pĭl'fer-er, n. p. 987One who pilfers.Pĭl'fer-ing-ly, adv. p. 987With petty theft; filchingly.Pil'fer-y, n. p. 987The act of pilfering; petty theft.Pil-gär'lie, n. p. 987One who has lost his hair by disease; a poor, forsaken wretch. See PILLED-GARLIC. Stevens.Pil'grim, n. p. 987One who slowly and heavily treads his way; a wanderer; a traveler. Weary pilgrim, hither come. Mrs. Barbauld. 2. Especially, one who travels to a distance from his own country to visit a holy place…Pil'grim, a. p. 987Of, or belonging to, pilgrims. “Till morning fair came forth with pilgrim steps.” Milton.Pil'grim, v. i. p. 987To journey as a pilgrim; to wander or ramble. [Obs.] Grew.Pil'grim-age, n. p. 987The journey of a pilgrim; a journey to a shrine or other sacred place. 2. Hence, any undertaking requiring time and patience; time irksomely passed. [Rare.] In prison hast thou spent a pilgrimage.…Pil'grim-īze, v. i. p. 987To wander about as a pilgrim. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Pī-lĭf'fer-ōŭs, a. p. 987Bearing a single slender bristle or hair; beset with hairs. London.Pil’i-form, a. p. 987(Bot.) Having the form of, or resembling, hairs or down.Pĭlĭg'er-oŭs, a. p. 987Bearing hair; covered with hair.Pī'ling, n. p. 987The act of heaping up; the driving of piles. 2. The act of re-heating iron blooms or slabs, for further working. 3. A series of piles; piles in place, considered collectively; as, the piling of a…Pĭll, n. p. 987A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass. 2. Hence, any thing nauseous. Young.Pĭll, n. p. 987The peel or skin. [Obs.] Some be covered over with crusts, or pills, as the locusts. Holland.Pĭll, v. t. p. 987To rob; to plunder; to pillage; to peel. See PEEL.